Senior Full Stack Web Developer

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Description

ABOUT US

At NextCapital, we build financial software that helps everyday investors build and manage a world-class financial portfolio. Our work directly benefits the millions of Americans who can’t afford traditional financial advice, by providing them a solution driven by software. Working with the world’s leading financial institutions, our software tackles the complex challenges of providing financial advice through an intuitive and engaging user experience.

JOIN OUR TEAM

We're looking for talented and highly motivated senior software engineers to join our team. As a growth stage technology company, NextCapital is seeking developers eager to be part of a team, working closely with every part of the company from graphic designers to the executive team. Learn more about us at www.themuse.com/companies/nextcapital

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Write high quality, well-tested, and scalable code

Evaluate the short- and long-term implications of every implementation decision

Grow professionally and learn from other accomplished developers through pair coding while helping your peers to do the same

Make an immediate impact by quickly getting up to speed and building features from start to finish

Collaborate on system architecture

Review and provide feedback on code in development

Evaluate new technologies, prototype new approaches to problems and make the business case for change

Requirements

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

You love tackling really tough problems, and value the correct solution over a sloppy one

You have a passion for software development, with side projects to prove it

You understand test-driven-development, and you’re a capable debugger

You’re comfortable reading & writing code, and can describe what each part of the code is doing

You’re passionate about our mission to democratize financial advice

You have 5+ years of software engineering experience

You have 2+ years serving a lead function in a group of developers

You can negotiate a path forward with peers even when there are disagreements, while maintaining a positive and constructive attitude

You have a BS or MS in Computer Science, related field (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Math/Physics, Software Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering), or equivalent professional experience

OUR TOOL KIT

We believe in using the best tool for the job, and also relying on the strengths of our team. While most engineers lean toward front- or back-end development, we encourage full-stack learning which makes our team nimble enough to tackle the diverse set of challenges we face. Here are the key technologies that we use everyday:

Ruby on Rails

Javascript

HTML/CSS

AngularJS

Java

Git/Github

Benefits

WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT

Disrupt the financial advice industry by bringing affordable, easy to use financial tools to millions of people

See your work move into production quickly, and avoid the bureaucracy that slows down larger companies